Tag: Augustine
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Awareness, Consciousness, Experience, Mind
Is there anything we can be absolutely certain is ‘real’? The answer to that question is, yes! There is one thing, and it is consciousness. Always however, and especially here, we need to define our terms, lest there be any misunderstandings. By ‘consciousness’ I mean subjective experience, whether of thoughts, of feelings, or of sights, […]
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Original Sin goes into the Bin (ii)
At first sight, Eve and Adam sampling the fruit of a tree in the Garden of Eden might seem to be no big deal. There should have been, however, a sudden ferocious burst of lightning and an ear-splitting drum roll of thunder, to mark the fact that the recently made, ‘perfectly’ good Earth, had suddenly […]
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Original Sin goes into the Bin (i)
With regard to the first 11 chapters of Genesis, I’m inclined to agree with Professor John J. Collins of Yale Divinity School, that “more than most stories, these chapters have been overlaid with theological interpretations that have little basis in the Hebrew text”. (*) This certainly applies, in my view, to the concept of “original […]
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Genesis 2 & 3 – On Second Thoughts
In Genesis 2 and 3, we have the mythical story of the Garden of Eden, with its forbidden fruit, its snake, and its punishable disobedience. The Garden itself is a delight, with beautiful trees and delicious fruits, a sparkling stream catching the sunlight, and balmy evenings which tempt God to drop down from heaven above […]
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